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Farber, Irvin J.; Ayrer, James E. – 1972
A project was conducted to develop a series of studies that will enable one to measure attitudes with reasonable accuracy. Nine stages of project activity were identified: design optical scanning form; write computer program to analyze data; determine adjective pairs; factor scales on elementary pupils; factor scales on high school students and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Charts, Correlation
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Heussenstamm, F. K.; Hoepfner, Ralph – Educational Leadership, 1972
Those demographic characteristics of adolescents that proved to be most highly significant in relationship to alienation are grade point average, parental approval of friends, and solidarity with peers. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Data Analysis, Family Characteristics
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Parnes, Sidney J.; Noller, Ruth B. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1972
Statistical findings based on some 200 research measurements made over a two-year period on students in a four semester program in Creative Studies at Buffalo State University College. (CB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Research
Garms, Walter I.; Smith, Mark C. – 1969
This study concerns the development of a measure of educational need and its use in a State school support formula in New York. The study assumes that public schools should operate positively to further equality of opportunity and that schools are able to affect achievement levels and rates of learning. The present State-aid formula is not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Marriner, Gerald L.; Crane, Robert – 1973
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is an information-gathering project which surveys the educational attainments of 9, 13, and 17-year-olds and adults in ten subject areas, with two areas assessed every year. The results of the 1971-72 assessment of political knowledge and attitudes are summarized in this report. Chapters 1-4 present…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Civics, Civil Liberties, Data Analysis
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1972
The purpose of the Maine Assessment of Educational Progress (MAEP) in 1972 was to complete the first phase of a 10-year comprehensive needs assessment program involving students in public and non-public schools of the state. The total program is designed to provide specific information about knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes in 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1973
Performance on The Scholastic Aptitude Test-Verbal (SAT-V) and Mathematical (SAT-M), the applicant's rank in class or Converted Secondary School Rank (Rank), and the applicant's general level of measured secondary school achievement as indicated by the Average of CEEB Achievement Tests (ACH AV) has been used by Vassar College as admissions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
FLEEGE, URBAN H.; AND OTHERS – 1967
IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AS COMPARED WITH NON-MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, PHASE I OF THIS STUDY MATCHED 2 GROUPS, EACH OF 21 PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, ON INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT AND CERTAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS. ONE GROUP ATTENDED A MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL AND THE OTHER A NON-MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL. THE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis